r/Banknotes

Finally got the chance to own the $10 Australian Commemorative banknote issued in 1988.

Bonus from banknotes shopping today

I've brought home banknotes from every country I've visited since 2022. Here's my current collection. All bills were acquired in country except for the Venezuelan bolívares, which I got from a Venezuelan street vendor in Bogota, Colombia.

Classic "Black Eagle" 1899 1-Dollar Silver Certificate — Well-traveled, but still a favorite design

Good evening everyone. I was looking at some of my Chinese banknotes when I noticed faint blue text on one of my notes I have 3 of this type and this writing is only present on this note. Was hoping somebody had info on what this is? Thanks in advance.

Got this for 7 dollars, its so Cool!

Shown in the first. The rest I mostly got from relatives and family friends who had travelled in the 80s/90s. I'm finishing my pre-euro collection, at least one of each country. I feel we really lost a lot of the language diversity and I really just want to be reminded of that and truly appreciate it.

1. Kazakhstan, 2016 (10,000 Tenge) — Nursultan Nazarbayev (First President of Kazakhstan, ruling for nearly three decades).
2. Uzbekistan, 1999 (500 Som, reverse) — Amir Timur / Tamerlane (Historical conqueror whose monument was erected by dictator Islam Karimov as a new symbol of strong centralized power).
3. Turkmenistan, 2025 (200 Manat) — Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Represented by his own massive golden equestrian "Arkadag" monument).
4. Turkmenistan, 2005 (100 Manat) — Saparmurat Niyazov "Turkmenbashi" (President for Life who built an absolute, highly eccentric cult of personality).

this is the latest series in South Africa. I have five in sequence.

A friend of mine went to Iran on summer, she gave me these banknotes